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minus-squareRascabin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down4·2 years agoAndroid has entered the chat. But yeah, the closed iOS experience is why i stay away from Apple.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·2 years agoTo be most specific, LineageOS (open source Android) on a Google Pixel phone. Google’s Pixel hardware is open.
minus-squareJo Miran@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·2 years agoYes but if you want the truly free “this is my hardware, keep your corpo hands off of it” experience, then Pixel phones with FOSS OS is the way to go.
minus-squareHubertManne@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoeven the modem? I was under the impression that cellular modems where the thing keeping a truly free phone being made.
minus-squareLem453@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoPretty sure grapheneos has binary blobs for all the firmware, SOC/modem, camera, Bluetooth etc. nothing they can do since the manufacturers only release binary blobs and by the time it could be reversed engineered it would be obsolete
Android has entered the chat.
But yeah, the closed iOS experience is why i stay away from Apple.
To be most specific, LineageOS (open source Android) on a Google Pixel phone. Google’s Pixel hardware is open.
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Yes but if you want the truly free “this is my hardware, keep your corpo hands off of it” experience, then Pixel phones with FOSS OS is the way to go.
even the modem? I was under the impression that cellular modems where the thing keeping a truly free phone being made.
Pretty sure grapheneos has binary blobs for all the firmware, SOC/modem, camera, Bluetooth etc. nothing they can do since the manufacturers only release binary blobs and by the time it could be reversed engineered it would be obsolete